Christopher Wade, Pesticide Section Administrator, Delaware Department of Agriculture On April 29, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered EPA to issue a final rule concerning the chlorpyrifos tolerances by August 20, 2021. EPA was… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu EPA announced last week that they plan to revoke food tolerances for chlorpyrifos, effective as early as this winter: https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/chlorpyrifos. This could effectively eliminate most uses between now and the next growing season. Stay tuned,… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Imidan 70-W (Gowan) label now has a 2ee recommendation for use at its current rate for use on blueberry stem gall wasp, which can be found here: http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld7DS001.pdf.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sefina (afidopyropen, IRAC group 9D) from BASF now has a supplemental label for sugarcane aphid control in sorghum at a rate of 6.0 fl oz. Our Insect Pest Management 2020 Campaign summary is available at… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Early this year, Bayer released Sivanto HL, a higher concentration version of Sivanto Prime. It is a good aphid, whitefly, leafhopper, and some sucking bugs product, mode of action group 4D. It is also much… Continue Reading
